Happy birthday to Bambos Charalambous who celebrates his birthday today.

Bambos was elected as an MP for Enfield Southgate in  June 2017 and relected in 2019.

Before this he was a solicitor and worked for Hackney Council on their housing litigation team for 16 years. His  parents came from Cyprus and is the first MP whoseparents are both Cypriot. He was born in London and raised in Bowes Park. He loves Enfield and grew up there

 Many of his friends and family live in the area. As a child he went to St Michael at Bowes Junior school, where he is  now a school governor. He was a  councillor for Palmers Green ward for 24 years – the place that has been his home for most of his life. Before entering parliament he was Enfield Council’s cabinet member for Leisure, Culture, Localism and Young People.

Charalambous served on the Justice Select Committee. He also served as a member of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on London, Cyprus, Crossrail Two, Autism, Sex Equality, Music, Global Education For All and London’s Planning and Built Environment.

In January 2018, he was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Rebecca Long–Bailey, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. In December 2018, he was appointed as an Opposition (Labour) Whip.^[

In January 2020, Charalambous was appointed as a Shadow Justice Minister.

In April 2020, Charalambous was appointed as Shadow Home Affairs  for Crime Reduction and Courts.